Read on for all of the details and FAQs and register now to secure your spot!
Sliding scale tickets for 4-days of amazing riding, community building, workshops, panels, an expo and more are $100-150.

Just added – Single Day Tickets! Sliding scale $50-75.
This will give you access to all of our activities on Saturday – group rides, engaging workshops, an expo, Stoked Spoke storytelling and more + camping at Rustic Creek Ranch your choice of Friday or Saturday.

Are you a Rocky Mountain-based bikepacking organization, gear maker, advocacy organization, or bike shop?
Consider joining our Expo to connect with bikepackers in the region.

What’s a Bikepacking Summit?

Our bikepacking summits are all about building a vibrant community, exploring the stunning local landscapes, and making bikepacking accessible to everyone. We’re passionate about creating a grassroots event that brings together bikepackers from diverse backgrounds and experience levels. Whether you’re a newbie eager to learn or a pro looking to connect with fellow enthusiasts, we’ve got something for you. Our carefully planned rides and activities are designed to help you discover and connect with these beautiful landscapes in a meaningful way.

We’ll be posted up at a beautiful basecamp at Rustic Creek Ranch Friday and Saturday, surrounded by all the trails of the Buffalo Creek area. The days will be filled with workshops, rides, inspiring speakers, and an expo and makers mart — and plenty of time to get to know other each other. And then on Sunday we’ll take off for overnight trips of various levels.

At Bikepacking Roots, we believe in giving back to the trails and landscapes we love. Let’s come together to ride and also contribute to the preservation of these incredible landscapes and support of the rural communities that we ride through, ensuring they remain thriving and accessible for future generations.

The Rocky Mountain summit is hosted by Bikepacking Roots in partnership with our local Regional Stewards who are excited to share their backyards and some of their favorite trails with you!

Still not sure? Check out the Radavist article, about our Mid-Atlantic Summit last year!

🗓️ Summit Schedule: Mark Your Calendars!

Friday, Sept 12th: Arrival, Social Rides, & Colorado Trail Talk

* Optional Morning group ride to the summit from Denver led by Spencer McCullough

• 3pm – 8pm:  Registration Check-In Open
• 3pm – 5pm:  Afternoon gravel and mountain bike rides
• 6pm – 7pm:  Get to Know You Dinner (BYO)
  • Elder-Sage Foxtail welcome drinks provided by Embark Maple
• 7 – 7:30pm:  Welcome Remarks from Bikepacking Roots
• 7:30pm:  Bikepacking, Trail Stewardship and Public Lands Advocacy
  • A discussion on the unique role of bikepackers in protecting the trails landscapes where we ride. Featuring Paul Talley, Executive Director of the Colorado Trail Foundation.

Saturday, Sept 13th

• 8am – 9am:  Embark Maple Oatmeal Bar
  • Food provided, BYO bowl & spoon
• 9am – 12pm:  Day rides to explore the Buffalo Creek area
  • Gravel & MTB options plus a FTWNB ride with RAR Front Range
• 12pm – 1pm: Lunch (BYO)
  • Affinity Lunch Meetup with Queer+Bikes
• 1pm – 5pm:  Expo & Makers Mart⁠, including demo bike rides from Tumbleweed!
• 1pm – 5pm: Workshops
  • • 1:15pm – 2pm: DIY Trail Snacks with Embark with Eric Weninger, Embark Maple: Join Eric the Fox and Family for a hands-on workshop exploring the many ways to use Embark Maple Energy on your adventures while crafting snacks for the upcoming overnighter. Discussion will include Eric’s recent single speed completion of the Colorado Trail Race and how Embark fit into his nutrition strategy.
    • 1:15pm – 2pm: Documenting your Bike Adventures Jack Zakrajsek, Tracing the Divide: Itching to be able to share your bike adventures with others? Jack will dive into creating a story and narrative around your own adventure, through the lens of his own experience documenting and story telling while creating the feature film “Tracing The Divide.”
    • 2:15pm – 3pm: Mind-Body Connection for Bikepackers with Kyle Stone: What happens when the euphoria fades and you’re many miles from nowhere with a heavy heart, aching hands, and a missing bag you accidentally left in the last town?This collaborative session explores skills we can build to transmute cautionary tales into memorable adventures. Learn to: 1) Build emotional safety and navigate conflict in cycling groups, 2) Use daily “circle ups” to prevent small tensions from derailing trips, 3) Accept help from strangers while staying street-smart, 4) Functional body mobility
    • 2:15pm – 3pm: Gear Repair at Home and in the Field with Shan Wo, Reroot Outdoors: Learn tips and methods for repairing gear in the field and at home. From busted zippers to holes in your riding shorts, we’ll discuss what to look for when purchasing gear and how to keep items in tip top shape to extend their lifespan. Feel free to bring gear you’d like to repair, and we can talk through how you can fix the item. Taught by Shan Wo, passionate about mending and repair as acts of care to reduce waste and consumerism and one woman owner of Reroot Outdoors, maker of custom bicycle bags.
    • 3:15 – 4pm: Riding the Great Divide Across Colorado with Ellie Zachary, Adventure Cycling: Adventure Cycling Association will spotlight the Colorado section of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, a stretch known for its high passes, cycling-friendly towns, and dramatic alpine-to-desert landscapes. This session will share route highlights and practical tips for tackling elevation, remote stretches, and long climbs, helping riders prepare for one of the Divide’s most memorable segments.
    • 2:15pm – 3pm: Upcycling and Manufacturing with Justin Daugherty, Green Guru: Curious about sustainable production of bikepacking gear? Justin will bring his 20 years of experience upcycling materials for production to this session, discussing the materials they use at Green Guru and why, how they clean and prepare materials for production, and what manufacturing in Colorado and the U.S. looks like.
    • 4:15 – 5pm: Bikepacking 101 with RAR Front Range: New to bikepacking? Join RAR Front Range for a practical intro to Bikepacking! We’ll go over the basics of prepping for a trip, including what to pack and how to pack your bike.
• 6:15 – 7:30pm: Cook Along Dinner with Yeehaw Giddyup
  • Getting bored of your go to bikepacking meals? Join Bailey from Yeehaw Giddyup for a dinner cook-along! You bring the ingredients (we’ll provide the list of simple items you can grab at your local grocery store ahead of time) and your stove, and follow along to prepare a delicious meal you could make in the backcountry. Then stick around to enjoy the communal meal!
• 7:30pm: Swift Industries’ Stoked Spoke Story Telling Night 

Sunday to Monday, September 14-15th

• 8am: Embark Maple Oatmeal Bar 
  • Food provided, BYO bowl & spoon
• Overnight Bikepacking Trips for all experience levels
  • Our Sunday to Monday overnight options range from 18-50 miles per day and gravel bike friendly to mountain bike rides. The rides will be going to either a group campsite with basic facilities or a dispersed site – so there’s something for everyone!
  • We’ll be finalizing our routes based on interest from participants, but you can check out some of what we have in the works at the Ride with GPS event.
• Sunday Day rides
  • Can’t stay until Monday? The location of our group site makes it easy for you to join a group ride on Sunday and make it back to your car by the late afternoon.

We hope that you join us for the whole extended weekend, but you can also drop in for some of the activities and stay as long as you can.

Note: Activities are subject to change. Stay tuned for updates!